The book in itself was a complete surprise. I don’t really know what I was expecting, but I’m certain that it wasn’t this. Needless to say, I really want to read the second book just to know more about the characters and their stories.
“I was older than all of my friends when I got my first tattoo.
Right from the start, Leora’s story is uncanny and intriguing. I really loved the idea that death isn’t something that people fear because even after it, their story will still be remembered by everyone, so they’re never really “gone”. It reminded me of the Egyptian society that really thought that as long as people remember you, you can’t really die. It’s basically the same thing, except that the family can keep a copy of their dead relatives’ marks (which is kind of gross, but we all have our ways to cope with people’s death, who am I to judge right?).
It was really interesting to see the different jobs that people can have in this society, like READERs (like Leora) who can see beyond people’s marks, she can see more than just the mark, but also memories. Then there are the INKERs, whose job is to actually mark people, and the FLAYERs. I’m not sure I got everything right, it has been a while since I read in English and this book more particularly and my memory isn’t perfect. But I really felt like this society could exist and be interesting to study, as opposed to a lot of Fantasy worlds where you clearly wouldn’t believe or want to live in.
“A crow. A crow. The mark is a crow.”
In conclusion, I would say that the book is a bit of a mix between “Divergent” and “Cinderella” (the story of the two sisters, with the beautiful one loved by her father and the other one who isn’t really pretty and ends up turning “evil” because of it). The ending was a bit confusing too, but I really like the story as a whole. It’s touching and teaches that we need to accept who we really are because there’s not expecting it.
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